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Political Institutions, State Building, and Tax Capacity : Crossing the Tipping Point
Gaspar, Vitor - 2017
capacity building, highlighting three important political ingredients: constitutive institutions, inclusive politics and …
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Tax Capacity and Growth : Is There a Tipping Point?
Gaspar, Vitor - 2017
Is there a minimum tax to GDP ratio associated with a significant acceleration in the process of growth and development? We give an empirical answer to this question by investigating the existence of a tipping point in tax-to-GDP levels. We use two separate databases: a novel contemporary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965069
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Globalisation, Poverty and Conflict : A Critical “Development” Reader
Spoor, Max (contributor) - 2005
: globalisation, inequality and poverty; governance, civil society and poverty; and resource degradation, institutions and conflict … with these and other related questions. "Globalisation, Poverty and Conflict" examines the inter-relationships between … globalisation, poverty and conflict. It complements current debates in the field of development studies and, in an era in which …
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Are modern financial systems shaped by state antiquity?
Ang, James B. - In: Journal of banking & finance 37 (2013) 11, pp. 4038-4058
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Gender Equality and Electoral Violence in Africa : Unlocking the Peacemaking Potential of Women
Ouedraogo, Rasmané - 2019
We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence. Quantitatively, our estimates show that an...
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Are remittances good for economic growth? : the role of political institutions
Williams, Kevin - In: Applied economics letters 25 (2018) 1, pp. 56-60
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Breaking the Curse of Sisyphus : An Empirical Analysis of Post-Conflict Economic Transitions
Cevik, Serhan - 2013
This paper provides a broad empirical analysis of the determinants of post-conflict economic transitions across the … risk of conflict recurrence as an explanatory variable in the growth regression, because post-conflict countries have a … domestic factors, including the estimated probability of conflict recurrence, as well as a range of external variables …
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Middle East Transitions : A Long, Hard Road
Yusuf, Shahid - 2014
Since the onset of the Arab Spring, economic uncertainty in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen (Arab Countries in Transition, ACTs) has slowed already sluggish growth; worsened unemployment, particularly of youth; undermined business confidence, affected tourist arrivals, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048367
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Victory or repudiation? Predicting winners in civil wars using international financial markets
Mitchener, Kris; Oosterlinck, Kim; Weidenmier, Marc D.; … - In: Journal of banking & finance 60 (2015), pp. 310-319
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Aktuelle Weltkonjunktur deutlich verschlechtert - Erwartungen etwas weniger pessimistisch
Nerb, Gernot - In: ifo Schnelldienst 54 (2001) 11, pp. 21-27
Nach den Umfrageergebnissen des 72. Konjunkturtests International (KTI) hat sich der seit dem Frühjahr 2000 rückläufige Trend des Weltwirtschaftsklimas im Frühjahr 2001 fortgesetzt. Der Gesamtindikator hat seit seinem Höhepunkt im April 2000 rund ein Viertel seines Wertes verloren. Der...
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